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9th Circuit Court of Appeals deliberating Travel Ban Executive Order

JasperL said:
That's false, obviously. When the law enters the gray area, which is by definition where the appeals courts and USSC operate, competent, learned, intellectually honest judges and lawyers often just disagree on the merits. That's in part why at those levels there is often not a unanimous opinion, but rather big splits - sometimes at the USSC, the 9 justices will have 3 or 4 different opinions, agree in part, disagree in part, etc.....
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In that case the law is an ass

And that's why the public is losing respect for the courts

Particularly the activist high court which has no higher court to overturn its decisions
 
JasperL said:
It could also be the personal political bias of the conservative upper court justices. Or maybe the conservatives are correct because you agree.... :roll:
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Except that the sc has 5 1/2 liberals and only 4 1/2 conservative even when at full stregth
 
Mac77 said:
In that case the law is an ass

And that's why the public is losing respect for the courts

Particularly the activist high court which has no higher court to overturn its decisions
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Right wingers and left wingers listening to BS propaganda might be losing 'respect' for the courts because they've been dishonestly told any time an opinion doesn't go their way that the justices are corrupt/incompetent/biased. But that's ignorant.

And I have no idea what 'the law is an ass' means, but the fact is the law is often necessarily vague, as are the extent of our protected 'rights' and when human beings explore the outer bounds of vague laws and rights, they will often disagree on where to draw what are really arbitrary lines.
 
Mac77 said:
Except that the sc has 5 1/2 liberals and only 4 1/2 conservative even when at full stregth
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That totals 10.... there are only 9 at full strength. :doh Bottom line is it's clear in your mind that bias means "made a decision I don't agree with."
 
JasperL said:
That totals 10.... there are only 9 at full strength. :doh Bottom line is it's clear in your mind that bias means "made a decision I don't agree with."
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Thanks for the correction
 
Socrates1 said:
All bark , no bite .
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Yep, that is all we are seeing loud, long, radical leftwing barking and victory lap taking. In the meantime the stock market went over 20,400 today, thank you Obama!!
 
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